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Attorneys for former Boulder City Council candidate Steven Rosenblum are opposing activist Eric Budd's petition for the Colorado Supreme Court to review a defamation lawsuit Rosenblum brought against Budd and other political organizers.

Attorneys for a former Boulder council candidate are opposing activist Eric Budd's petition for the state Supreme Court to review a defamation lawsuit.

Boulder political activist Eric Budd has petitioned the Colorado Supreme Court to review a defamation lawsuit that former city council candidate Steven Rosenblum filed against him and other organizers.

Chase Cromwell lives in a five-bedroom, three-bathroom house. It has two sets of washers and dryers, almost two full kitchens and enough space in each room for a queen bed and a desk. There is plenty of room for himself and his four roommates. Yet because of Boulder's occupancy limits restricting how many unrelated people can live together, only three roommates have legally been allowed to live there.

Chase Cromwell lives in a five-bedroom, three-bathroom house. It has two sets of washers and dryers, almost two full kitchens and spacious rooms.

The outdoorsy lifestyle of Colorado mountain towns has become a magnet for the new remote-worker class, upending life for those rooted there.

The change will allow five unrelated people to live together. It is part of a broader effort by council to increase the supply of housing in Boulder, where most of the residential land is zoned to only allow single-family homes.

Inequality has always been rampant within the orbit of popular destinations. But the financial knock-on effects of those ritzy spheres have expanded as the pandemic-induced surge in remote work has supercharged divides.

In the recreation-fueled, amenity-rich economy of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain region, there are two peak seasons: summer, with its rafting, hiking, fishing and biking, and the cold months filled with skiing and other winter activities. And then there is “mud season” — a liminal moment in spring when the alpine environment, slowly then suddenly, begins to thaw and only a trickle of tourists linger. It’s a period that workers in other places might bemoan. But for m...

Boulder City Council voted to allow five unrelated people to live together, up from the current limit of three unrelated people.